History of Film

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  • 1878 BCE

    The first film

    The first film
    The First Film was made in 1878 from trying to prove a scientific discovery but realizing the potential of how real it looked so they experimented and thats how films were introduced and produced.

  • The first camera

    The first camera
    the lumiere Brothers Invented the first Camera and Projector
    and made many films that would later come in retrospect earlier
    in the time line.

  • The first Cinema

    The first Cinema
    The first Cinema was made and showed in Paris
    and was the first to introduce story telling and was a total success
    that it skyrocketed the film industry

  • The first Western

    The first Western
    In 1903, the Edison Corporation produced the first western, and established the use of shots and editing in film. This also is the growing popularity of story films, over daily life scenes or news.

  • Edison's Kinetophone

    Edison's Kinetophone
    Edison invented the Kinetophone, making talkies an option. They would not become popular for more than 20 years, however.

  • The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Singer
    Released in 1927, The Jazz Singer is the first feature-length talkie. The film starred Vaudeville sensation Al Jolson.

  • Technicolor

    Technicolor
    Becky Sharp invented a way to make films in color
    using red and blue panels but later was cut because
    it was proven to give issues

  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism
    Hollywood was threatened by McCarthyism, with its accusations of communism. The Hollywood Ten refused to divulge any communist leanings and were imprisoned for contempt of court.

  • Wide Screen

    Wide Screen
    With the invention of television, film needed to up its game. New widescreen processes to produce bigger and more exciting films were the answer.

  • Motion Picture Ratings

    Motion Picture Ratings
    Motion picture ratings were introduced in 1968, with G rating, PG, R rated and X. PG-13 came significantly later. The X rating will later be replaced by NC-17

  • Introduction of the Steadycam

    Introduction of the Steadycam
    The Steadycam, first used in Rocky, became available makeing new options to filmmakers such as making smoother actions used for making more precise movements

  • Home Entertainment Revenues Exceeded Box Office

    Home Entertainment Revenues Exceeded Box Office
    In 2003, for the first time, home entertainment revenues exceeded the box office. The DVD took over for the video cassette in 2003 as well.